Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.58, suggesting a potential downside of 0.58%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumen Technologies	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LUMN or IDT?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 3 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat IDT's score of 0.06 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumen Technologies	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, LUMN or IDT?

IDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.36	-$55M	-$0.31	-14.87
IDT	$1.21B	1.46	$64.45M	$3.79	18.41

Is LUMN or IDT more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -2.41%. IDT's return on equity of 26.38% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies	-2.41%	-75.08%	-0.87%
IDT	7.85%	26.38%	12.84%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LUMN or IDT?

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IDT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lumen Technologies and IDT tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.